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(No Model.)

A. H. RUDD in W. P. MENDENHALL.

PLAYING CARDS.

. 0. 449,274. Patented Mar. 31, 1891.

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UNITED STATES ATENT OFFICE.

ALEXANDER Il. RUDD AND VALTER P. MENDENHALL, OF MEDIA, PENN- SYLVANIA.

PLAYING-CARD SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 449,274, dated March 31, 1891.

Application led November 7, 1890. Serial No. 370,620. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom, it may concer/L..-

Be it known that we, ALEXANDER H. RUDD and WALTER P. MENDENHALL, both of Media, county of Delaware, State of Pennsylvania, have invented a certain new Game, ofV which the following is a true and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying (Llrawings, which form a part of this specification. Y

Our invention relates to a game ot' cards which we have devised, and which consists of a pack of playin gcards especia-ll y desi gne-d and adapted for the said game. The pack consists of six suits of five cards each, the cards of each setbeing marked, respectively, 15, 30, 40, Advantage, and Game; and in addition to the regular suits an additional odd suit of one or preferably two cards, which i we call bisque cards, are provided to make up the complete pack.

In the drawings, the seven figures represent a suit of five cards, which are indicated in Figures l to 5, inclusive, and two bisque cards, indicated by Figs. G and 7.

The game is played in the following way: The pack, preferably consisting of thirty-two cards, as described, is shutiied, and five cards dealt to cach player, the remainder of the pack being placed face upward ou the table. One of the players then leads, and the trick is taken by the player playing the highest card of the suit, or one of the bisque cards, which takes the place of trumps. The winner of the trick then places it face downward on the table, each player draws a card from the pack, and another trick is then played, and so on until the pack and handsare exhausted, or until game is declared. The winning of the game is determined by the player who first takes all ve cards of one suit and declares the same or announces the fact. If no player thus declares gaine during the playing of the cards, the winner is determined after all the cards are played by ascertaining which ot the players has a full suit in the tricks taken by him, and if more than one has such a suit the bisque cards may then be counted to determine which ot' two or more players is the Winner of the game.

The above outline of the game is sufficient to explain its general character. It may of course be modified and additional rules and provisions made.

Having now described our invention,` what we clairn as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A pack of cards consisting of six suits, each of five cards, marked, respectively, 15, 30, 40, Advantage, and Game,7 and an additional card or cards.

ALEXANDER H. RUDD. WALTER P. MENDENHALL.

li'itnesses:

LEWIS R. DICK, JOSHUA MATLACK, J r. 

